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[Haspen]

"Kingdom of Kovalia has risen against Zorestrian Empire, citing wasting time and resources chasing some ancient mythical items while Kovalian people are overtaxed and affected the worst by weather disasters... Kovalian Pegasi and Magical Knights are fighting our troops in the Hills of Blood already... Now, all Kovalians that are serving at important positions or are acquitained to important Zorestrians are being held for questioning."

Ali looked at Kerr, then at Chance, then at the guards.

"I'm sorry, Chance, Maribel but I will have allow this to proceed, for now, those are my father's orders... though, give me an hour, and I will have you out of the dungeon, I promise." With that, he nodded at the Guards, grimacing at the fact he can't overturn his father's orders.

Maribel and Chance were pushed out of the hall in disgrace.

Maribel Rita and Chance Nakoris are currently inactive!

[Swordstar]

"Dammit, Ali, you know as well as I do that those two are innocent. And having them tossed in the dungeons is ridiculous. What trouble could they have gotten into here surrounded by all of us? But fine. Run along to your daddy and see if you can beg him into fixing this. Good luck."

He let out a disgusted snort and stalked off away from the group. He stayed in the room because he wasn't stupid, but he didn't want to be anywhere near the prince right now.

[F.O.E.]

Irios had just been sorta... out of it after the group had returned from the caverns. Returning home, though, was a different story. Akk being burned to a crisp had certainly helped in that regard as did Chance and Maribel being arrested. Hidden by his cloak, one of Irios' hands snaked its way over to a tiny sheath on his belt; however, it quickly retracted when he realized it was only Chance and Maribel being arrested. The reasoning behind the arrest didn't bother him, it was a reasonable precaution in his mind; he only hoped Ayzebel hadn't detected his slight movement.

[Haspen]

Prince Aliberti got kinda paled at this outburst, and then kind off sunk his head between his shoulders, deeply ashamed.

"Aurelian?" Princess Rosana suddenly spoke. "I'm posting you on honorary duty as a Royal Dungeon Guard, allright? Please go to the dungeons immediately and see that... Kovalians currently in there are being treated well. Do you understand me?"

[SeriousConcentrate]

"So it's blind stupidity. Again. Why can no one think LOGICALLY?"

With a sigh, Noel joined Kerr, leaning on the wall near him.

"Why is the world in such a disgustingly short supply of people who have two thoughts in their brain to rub together?"

[Swordstar]

"Because everyone either assumes they know best or refuse to stand up against something that's wrong. After all, why should anyone dare stand up against the king if he orders something, regardless of how stupid it is? Even if they're his children. That'd require a spine."

[Furtuka]

"But they've been with us the whole time. Everything sucks."

"This is dumb!"

"They're dumb!" she said, blowing a raspberry angrily in the direction of where the guards had left.


 

[Xanmyral]

Aur was shocked and silent for most of the preceding, the response (or lack of response) to his question silencing him. When Chance and Maribel were taken, he gave the two apologetic looks but otherwise said nothing, unsure of the situation. The knight looked to the princess, hearing his name, and nodded at the task with an instinctive salute and snap to attention.

"Yes, princess, I shall see to it right away." The knight moved to follow the soldiers who took Maribel and Chance, they should be headed there. Aliberti said he would get them out of the dungeon in an hour, so Aur was to ensure that nothing happened until then. Right. The knight was thankful to have a task to occupy his mind.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Agreed. People are, essentially, sheep looking for a shepherd. So few are willing to take the risk of actually using the brains they were born with. I suppose because there's not much glory or money in thinking for one's self."

Noel raised his hands to his waist, palms up, in a sort of shrug.

"What a colossal mess this return was. Akk gets fried and you almost die because of wards we weren't warned about, and two of our number are arrested for things they clearly are not responsible for. I suppose next we'll be finding out Ayzebel is actually a Xatar cultist, one of the angels will smite me for not believing in them, your hair will turn white, and Irios will join a cavalry unit to go fight in Kovalia."

[Swordstar]

"Yeah, and then our entire group disbands because why bother helping people who clearly have no respect for us? We're just a means to an end to them. No need to keep us informed about anything just wave and send us off to the next place."

[Furtuka]

"Why would Kerr's hair turn white? He's not that old."

"...you're not, right?"

[Haspen]

"Thank you, Aurelian." And then the knight was off. Princess Rosana continued to lead on damage control efforts and, after a brief talk with Aliberti - and him leaving the hall - she walked up to Kerr and Noel.

"As for you, I would appreciate if you didn't make this whole situation even more tense with snarky comments and remarks. Per royal etiquette none of us can overturn the King's order, yes, and Aliberti has to beg, yes, but please understand that this is how things work on the highest levels here... especially when it comes to Aliberti, who is both eldest sibling and the heir. Can we have a little agreement, at least for next few hours, please?"

Theeeen High Priest butted in.

"A-ah, apologies, Princess, but if I may interrupted... now that you returned to 'our' world, can I..." Rosana blinked in surprise before catching on a moment later.

"Oh yes, the shard, um... I don't remember who has it..."

@Aurelian:

Aurelian was in the dungeons already, just to witness Maribel and Chance being pushed into one of the cells and the door being locked.

"This isn't a place for you, sir...?" One of the actual dungeon guards lifted his hand to bar Aurelian entry.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"That was sarcasm. Yes, I'm capable of joking."

The shaman sighed.

"I'm not exactly pleased with the distrust and lack of willingness to share information that has been shown toward us, but at the same time I would prefer the world to not end just yet. I don't exactly believe that fixing this artifact will save us, but I don't see any clearly superior options so we might as well work toward that goal. I appreciate - even encourage - your skepticism toward authority, Kerr, but we should continue this journey."

At that point Rosana walked up.

"I know this is how things work. I also think this is willful ignorance. But do as you like. I'm sure someone far removed from the situation knows better than we do. You are free to ignore me and talk to someone more pleasing to your ears than I if you wish. Ayzebel, perhaps."

[Powder Miner]

:"What?! But why take Chance and Maribel?! It's impossible for them to have POSSIBLY been in on whatever rebellion is going on, because they haven't been in this WORLD the entire time because they've been with us! It doesn't make sense!"

[Swordstar]

Kerr straightened and stared at the princess for a second before pointedly turning away from her and leaning up against the wall again.